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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72286" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72286" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''Dik'lah.''' ''(Palm Grove).'' Genesis 10:27; 1 Chronicles 1:21. A son of Joktan, whose settlements, in common with those of the other sons of Joktan, must be looked for in Arabia. It is thought that Diklah is a part of [[Arabia]] containing many palm trees. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50599" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50599" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37558" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37558" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews Diklah | <p> (Hebrews Diklah '''''´''''' '''''דִּקְּלָה''''' , fem.; Sept. '''''Δεκλά''''' , Joseph. '''''Δέκλας''''' , [[Ant]] . 1:6, 4; Vulg. Decla), the seventh son of Joktan (B.C. post 2414); also the name of a district settled by a tribe descended from him ( Genesis 10:27). As the name in [[Aramaic]] and Arabic means a palm-tree, it has been judged necessary to seek the seat of the tribe in some territory rich in palm-trees; of such there are several in Arabia (comp. Strabo, 16:776; Pliny, 6:32). One famous place of palm-trees existed at the very entrance of Arabia Felix, hence called by the [[Greeks]] '''''Φοινικών''''' ([[Ptolemy]] , 6:7, 23); but this was remote from the other tribes of the Joktanidee. (See [[Uzal]]). </p> <p> Bochart ( ''Phaleg'' , 2:22) finds it in Southern Arabia, in the district of the lMincei, which was also rich in palm-trees (Pliny, 6:28), now called [[Yemen]] (Niebuhr, Descr. page 201); Michaelis (Spicileg. 2:176) in the region of the [[Tigris]] (from the analogy of the name Diglath); but where the ground of search is so uncertain, it is impossible to obtain any certain result (see Fressnel's Lettres, in the Journal Asiatique, 10:90-96, 176-200; Jomard's Essai, in Mengin's Hist. de l'Egypte, 3). As, however, there is still an Arab tribe in the region of Arabia [[Felix]] called Duklai, which is probably descended from Diklah '''''—''''' for the Arabs have always been as retentive of family names as the [[Jews]] themselves (Forster's Geog. of Arabia, 1:115, 147) '''''—''''' we may conclude that the Diklaites settled in Yemen, and occupied a portion of it a little to the east of the Hejaz. (See Arabia). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15493" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15493" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3150" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3150" /> == | ||
<p> '''''dik´la''''' ( | <p> ''''' dik´la ''''' ( דּקלה , <i> ''''' diḳlāh ''''' </i> , "place of palms"): One of the "sons" of Joktan ( Genesis 10:27; 1 Chronicles 1:21 ). Perhaps a south-Arabian tribal or place-name connected with a palm-bearing district. </p> | ||
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